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7.2-magnitude quake strikes Pakistan (2nd Lead)
Jan 18, 2011, 21:49 GMT
Washington - A major earthquake of 7.2 magnitude struck near Dalbandin in a sparsely-populated mountainous region of Pakistan's Balochistan province, the US Geological Survey reported Tuesday.
The USGS downgraded slightly its original estimate from 7.4 magnitude. The quake was 84 kilometres deep, and struck near the Pakistan border area with Iran at 1:30 am Wednesday (2023 GMT), USGS said.
Reports on casualties and damages were not available. Balochistan is the most south-west province in Pakistan. The nearest town to the epicentre was Dalbandin, about 47 kilometres away, a small town in an isolated region.
The epicentre was 1,020 kilometres west-south-west of the capital Islamabad, and 310 kilometres east-south-east of Zahedan, Iran.
CNN reported that the tremors were felt as far away as New Delhi.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake was too far inland to have generated a tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
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